Memorandum or pad holder.



UNITED STATES SIDNEY D. Inserto,

kOF SHELBY, OHIO.

MEMORANDUM on PAD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

Application filed September 1&7), 1913. Serial No. 790,669.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it {nown that l, SIDNEY l). INsoHo, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Shelby, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Memorandum or Pad Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to memoranda or pad holders.

The objects of my invention are to provide a simple and eiiicient structure by means of which a pad of leaves or the like can be easily and conveniently secured to and removed from the'back 'or' support, and further to provide means for securely holding or locking the pad to the back or support, by eng/agement with a flap that is secured to the pad, or, in lieu thereof, through the medium of a plurality of the leaves of the pad.

Other objects of my invention are to provide means whereby lifting of the pad from locked position, releases the lookin means and permits the pad to be removed 1om the back, and in replacing the pad to allow the pad to be dropped by gravity, onto the back and then by the act of pressing downward on the top of the pad, adjacent to the top end, moving the holding or locking means to lock the pad in place on the back, in position ready for use.

I attain these and other objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bail or locking means showing same detached from the back; Fig. 2 is a side view of the invention showing the pad in locked position; Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the bail in position to permit the pad to be removed; Fig. 4 is an end view of the invention showing the pad removed; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 represents aback to which is suitably attached a plate 2 provided with a bearing 3.

The pad locking means or bail is preferably made of an integral piece of wire which latter is formed and arranged in such manner as to perform the functions hereinbefore described.

The bail, generally designated A in the drawings is provided with a flap or leaf engaging member ll, which latter extends A9 and l0 of the member 11 being bent at right angles thereto and being further bent to form short parts 7 and 8, respectively which latter extend toward .each other and are disposed parallel with the member l1. The parts 7 and S are further extended inwardly toward the member 11 to provide arms 5 and 6,`respectively, the arms 5 and 6 being extended inwardly toward each other at i, el, to conjointly provide a journal which latter is disposed in parallelism with the member 11.

I The journal 4L of the bail is received in the bearing 3 and when in the position shown in Fig. 3 the flap 12, or a plurality of leaves 13 of the pad, is inserted beneath the member 11, whereupon said member 11 is swung dow-n vtoward the back 1 to clamp the flap .l2 against the back l, in which position the parts 9 and 10 assume an inclined position (see Fig. 2) with reference to the plane of the back forcing the end C of the pad in frictional contact with the parts 7 andV 8 thereby binding and locking the pad to the bail and back, between the member 11 and the parts 7 and 8.

The peculiar formation of the bail provides means for securely locking the pad to the back and also means capable of easy maiipulation for purpose of releasing the l)2L i 'When desired to remove the. pad and replace it with another, for any reason,'the pad is .swung upward which movement swings the pad holder upon its pivotal connection, causing the parts 7 and S to move out of engagement with the pad end C, thereby automatically releasing the pad from its locked position, whereupon the pad can then be readily removed from the bail.

The parts 9 and 10 prevent the pad from slipping laterally.

`What is claimed is: v

l. A device of the class described, comprising a back, a plate provided with 'an elongated bearing attached to said back along the upper edge thereof, a bail provided with an elongated journal located in said elongated bearing having upwardly and outwardly extending portions to engage the vertical ends of the pad and side portions bent at an angle to the outwardly extending portions; said bail having a part upon which the pad is mounted and which connects said side portions to engage the transversely of the back l, the end portions pad sides.

2. A device of the class described comprising a back, a plate provided with an elongated bearing attached to said back p along the upper edge thereof` a bail made of journal portion and portions contiguous therewith bent upwardly; thence outwardly; thence at right angles with the journal7 a part connecting the right angle bends ar-V ranged parallel with the journal; said right angles of said bail being disposed to provide for automatically locking the pad to the back and to release it therefrom by swinging the pad to or from said back.

4. A pad holder consisting of a base, and

base.

A pad holder consisting of a base, and locking means pivoted thereon and formed to engage the vertical end and the sides of the pad to prevent endwise and lateral movement respectively of the pad except when the pad is raised up from the base to move the locking means out of engagement with the pad end and sides.

111 testimony whereof I aliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SIDNEY D. INSCHO.

'Witnesses z FRANK MCCAFFERTY, F. BLANKNER.

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